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Back in the Day

Published 10:01 p.m. MT Aug. 2, 2015

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TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS Evelyn J Cameron?s diary from the early 1900s is stored at the Montana Historical Society in Helena. Evelyn J Cameron's diary from the early 1900s, stored at the Montana Historical Society in Helena.(Photo: TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS)Buy Photo

Aug. 3, 1936 — Jesse Owens, of the U.S., won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint.

Rare Cheyenne-English dictionary

Aug. 3, 1949 — The Montana Historical Society received one of only eight printed copies of the Cheyenne-English dictionary, created by a Swiss Mennonite missionary who came west in 1880. It is still used by researchers today.